Thursday, September 12, 2019

• Portable ultrasound goes to women in crisis

  by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, September 12, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  EL DORADO, Ark. (BP) -- Hannah Pregnancy Resource Center is now able to take sonogram technology to abortion-vulnerable women in southern Arkansas because of a donation from the Psalm 139 Project.

  Hannah Pregnancy Resource Center (PRC) celebrated Aug. 17 the placement of a portable ultrasound machine that will be used at its satellite locations in Camden and Magnolia, both about 40 minutes from the center in El Dorado. The machine and the training that accompanies it were made possible by gifts to the Psalm 139 Project, the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission's (ERLC) ministry to help place sonogram technology in pro-life pregnancy centers across the country. Read More

• Women's group hears 'heartbreaking' stories at border

  by Grace Thornton, posted Thursday, September 12, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  JUAREZ, Mexico (BP) -- The man was afraid that if he refused one more time, it might be his last.

  Or even worse -- it might seal his teenage daughter's fate.

  "In Guatemala, it's next to impossible to run a small business, because once you start doing well and making money, the gangs will come in and start demanding money" ... Read More

• Fastest-growing, largest churches: Who made the list?

  by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, September 12, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Thirty-four Southern Baptist congregations are among the fastest growing and largest evangelical churches in the latest Outreach 100 tally compiled by Outreach Magazine and LifeWay Research.

  "Tracking the fastest growing churches gives us a glimpse into some of the most effective ministry work in America," LifeWay Research Executive Director Scott McConnell told Baptist Press. "These congregations have the privilege of seeing many lives changed while maintaining the ability to adapt quickly and do ministry in a scalable way." Read More

• TRUSTEES: Moore spotlights ERLC's purpose

  by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, September 12, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission's purpose is to live out the life of Christ and help others to do the same, Russell Moore said Wednesday (Sept. 11) at the entity's annual trustee meeting.

  In his seventh year as ERLC president, Moore told trustees and staff members, "You are the light of the world -- not just commissioned with ethics and religious liberty but commissioned with the Christian life and with the life of Christ." Read More

• Church pays off $4M medical debt in East Texas

  by Tobin Perry, posted Thursday, September 12, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  TYLER, Texas (BP) -- Hundreds of homes throughout East Texas got an unusual yellow envelope in their mailboxes, thanks to one Southern Baptist church in Texas.

  It wasn't a church invite or junk mail. Instead, it could be worth tens of thousands of dollars for the recipients.

  Facilitated by more than $45,000 in generous gifts in August, Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas, is working with a nonprofit toward paying off $4 million in medical debt for their East Texas neighbors. Read More

• Florist asks high court to hear case again

  by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, September 12, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  OLYMPIA, Wash. (BP) -- Florist Barronelle Stutzman is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her case again for liberty to refuse floral requests that violate her Christian convictions.

  When the high court first heard Stutzman's case in 2018, it threw out a state court ruling against her. U.S. justices ordered the lower court to reconsider Stutzman's case in light of new legal precedent from the Supreme Court itself. Complying with the order, the state in June upheld its ruling against Stutzman, maintaining she discriminated against a homosexual couple by refusing to design floral arrangements for their wedding. Read More

• Bible Study: Sept. 15, 2019

  by Staff/LifeWay Christian Resources, posted Thursday, September 12, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  This weekly Bible study appears in Baptist Press in a partnership with LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Through its Leadership and Adult Publishing team, LifeWay publishes Sunday School curricula and additional resources for all age groups. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Sweat equity

  by John Kyle, posted Thursday, September 12, 2019 (3 years ago)

  "All of the prayers, all of the effort is worth it" when people respond to God's gift of grace, John Kyle writes. "The angels celebrate. Hearts are changed. Families restored. The pews begin to fill up with new people." Read More

• El Congreso recibe su calificación por abogar por la libertad religiosa mundial

  Por Tom Strode, posted Thursday, September 12, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Un tercio del Congreso volvió a recibir una calificación de "por encima del promedio" en cuanto a la libertad religiosa mundial, según un análisis de la sesión más reciente.

  La Tarjeta de Puntaje de la Libertad Religiosa Internacional del Congreso mostró que el 115º Congreso (2017-2018) tuvo el mismo porcentaje de miembros que recibieron la calificación de "por encima del promedio" que en el 114º Congreso (2015-2016). La Iniciativa Wilberforce del Siglo XXI (21Wilberforce) emitió la tarjeta de puntaje en julio y ahora está en el proceso de distribuirla entre los miembros del Congreso. Read More

• Alivio Dorian: Bautistas Sirven en Bahamas y en Carolina del Norte

  Por Brandon Elrod, posted Thursday, September 12, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  HATTERAS, N.C. (BP) -- Mientras el huracán Dorian se desplazaba a lo largo de la costa este, oficiales de Carolina del Norte esperaban haber esquivado el golpe directo. Entonces, la tormenta hizo su arribo en las Outer Banks a las 8:35 el viernes por la mañana (6 de septiembre).

  Las Outer Banks -- una fila de islas de la costa principal del estado -- experimentaron daño significativo en hogares y negocios días después de que Dorian golpeó las Bahamas como tormenta de categoría 5. Read More

• Domingo de Bautismo ve 'un tremendo impulso'

  Por Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, September 12, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  HUNTERSVILLE, C.N. (BP) -- Kris y Jill Hopkins apreciaron tanto el llamado al Evangelio en la Christ Community Church en Huntersville, Carolina del Norte, el domingo (8 de septiembre), que abrazaron al pastor Ronnie Parrott y lloraron instantes después de su bautismo.

  "Ellos lloraban y agradecían que nos interesáramos lo suficiente en ellos para darles la oportunidad de conocer a Cristo, de conocer el verdadero Evangelio y luego identificarse con él mediante el bautismo," le dijo Parrott a Baptist Press el lunes. Read More

• 9/11: Seguridad, protección y oración

  Por Ronnie Floyd, posted Thursday, September 12, 2019 (3 years ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Estados Unidos de América no ha sido el mismo desde el 11 de septiembre de 2001, cuando terroristas atacaron nuestra nación, con un resultado de cerca de 3,000 muertes, 400 de las cuales fueron de los servicios de emergencias. Una generación ha nacido desde este horrible día en nuestra historia, y nunca debemos olvidar cómo ese día cambió los Estados Unidos de América en nuestra generación.

  Desde este día, parece que enemigos dentro de nuestra nación y enemigos fuera de nuestra nación han amenazado continuamente la seguridad y la protección de los Estados Unidos. Read More

• EDITORIAL: ¿Qué significa cargar tu cruz?

  Clara Molina, posted Thursday, September 12, 2019 (3 years ago)

  Hay personas cristianas que dicen, ¡qué cruz! ¿Hasta cuándo voy a sufrir? Estas personas piensan que cargar su cruz significa sufrir, sobrevivir situaciones alargadas, aguantar o recibir abuso por causa de otra persona o simplemente sufrir de alguna ... Read More